James (Jim) Greer is a doomsday prepper, GoFundMe grifter, and cooker, from Western Australia.
Convoy to Canberra
- According to SovCit lore, Jim and his mate Ryan Harder (who is from Melbourne) discussed and organized an impromptu truckie convoy to Canberra on the 26th of January 2022 via Telegram.
- Jim and Ryan discussed created a telegram group initially called Truckie Convoy to Canberra.
- The telegram group grew exponentially from 300 members at the end of the first day to nearly 30,000 members within the course of just one week. (Note: Much of the growth in members were believed to be unsuspecting Canadians supporting their own Truckers to Canberra.)
- Although the movement gained much traction among the cookers, the movement failed to convince any if at all any actual Truckies to participate in the convoy... because you know... it is stupid.
- As a result of the tepid responds from actual truckies, the movement changed its name from "Truckies Convoy to Canberra" to "2022 Convoy to Canberra" to better reflect the movement.
- Fun Fact: Jim Greer's truck is not actually a truck. It was actually his mobile home modified from an old army truck.
- It is also speculated that Jim decided to drive all the way from WA to Canberra to run away from his wife and kids and avoid paying child support. But this allegation was never confirmed nor denied by any party.
GoFundMe activities
In late January, James organised a GoFundMe campaign under the pseudonym of IRONBARK THUNDERBOLT, in an attempt to grift fellow cookers out of petrol/meth money for his journey to Canberra. The cookers shared it far and wide, amassing around $160,000 in support, only for GoFundMe to freeze the account, and subsequently cancel it after his run in with the law.
Run ins with the law
James allegedly thought it'd be absolutely grand to allegedly bring along his pet, unlicensed, sawn off rifle along with 124 rounds of ammunition to Canberra's parliamentary circle. Greer's unroadworthy vehicle was searched by Canberra police, and they discovered the illegal item and subsequently charged him with unauthorised possession of a prohibited firearm, and possession of ammunition. Sucks to suck, I guess.